Apparatus for producing press-copied effects.



No. 670,472. Patented Mar. 26, IBM.

B. S. CREAMEB.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PRESS COPIED EFFECTS.

(Application fllegl June 4, 1900,)

(No Model.)

" Ml VE N TOR UNITED TATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD SMITH CREAMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PRESS-COPIED EFFECTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,472, dated March 26, 1901.

Application filed June 4, 1900. Serial No. 18,964. (No modulo To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERNARD SMITH GREA- MER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Producing Press-Copied Effects, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is attached to the press and put in operation after the sheets-to be imitation press-copied have first been printed in the usual manner-viz., by printing the original sheets on the press in copying-ink from type-writer-type forms When the printing is to be in imitation of type-writing and printed from autograph-plates when in imitation of handwriting. The name and address on each individual sheet are inserted with the typewriting machine when in imitation of typewrit-ing and written in by hand when in imitation of handwriting. After the sheets are thus printed they are again run through a press to which my apparatus is attached, in which it is the purpose of the invention to feed the sheets into the press in a similar manner as in the act of printing, bringing them in contact with a clean surface of dam p cloth at every impression by means of the mechanism of the apparatus, giving each sheet thus fed into the press a press-copied or smutched appearance.

The apparatus is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a front View, and Fig. 2 a side view. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of a shaft, ratchet-wheel, and their supports which are used as a part of the mechanism to rotate a band of cloth passing across the bed of the press. Fig. 4 shows a cloth-covered block which is to be locked to the bed of the press over which passes the band of cloth.

1 shows the sides of the bed of the press.

2 shows the frame of the apparatus set into the bed of the press in a manner similar to a chase.

3 shows a cloth-covered block (illustrated in Fig. 4.) locked in the frame 2 in a manner similar to locking type in a chase.

4 is a band of cloth which passes over the cloth-covered block in a vertical line, around roller 5, down into the water-receptacle E, and back over the block in a continuous line.

5 is the roller which moves the band aroundin an intermittent rotary motion after every impression of the press, the distance being regulated by the chain-pulleys on the side of roller 5.

5 is a roller setin a bracket attached to the floor a little back of the press and underneath the bed of the press, so as to guide the band across the block locked in the press in a vertical direction.

6 is a combination of three chain-pulleys attached to roller 5, arranged one a trifle larger than the other, which are connected by means of the chain belt 6 to three similar chain pulleys 6", arranged in the opposite order to those attached to roller 5 in a similar manner to speed-pulleys, so that the distance of the sweep of the band over the block 3 can be regulated by shifting the chain from one sprocket to the other. 6 isa ratchetwheel which is moved by the same catch attached to the press which rotates the ink-plate. The ratchet-wheelis connected with the sprocket-Wheel 6 by means of the shaft 8. The shaft 8 in turn is held in position by means of the two arms 9 9, of which A A are the upper halves, which are raised or lowered to suit the angle necessary to fit the catch 8 by means of the thumbscrew 0, a.

9 9 show the manner of screwiug the supports to the inner part of the frame 2.

8 is the catch which moves the ratchetwheel 6.

8 is the arm to which the catch is attached, and D the cam which when the press is in motion raises and lowers the arm 8 7 and 7 are the brackets, fastened to the floor and ceiling to hold the rollers which guide the band across the block.

13 is a friction-roller pressed against roller 5 to prevent the band from slipping.

In Fig. 3, 8 is asection of the shaft to which is attached the ratchet-wheel 6. A is the upper part of the arm which supports the shaft. 9 is the lower. parts, crewed to the frame. a shows the thumb-screw,with teeth on the inner section to hold the arm firmly at the proper angle. 10 is a small ratchetwheel which is made a part of the inner side of the ratchet-wheel 6. 11 is a small pawl whichdrops down on the teeth of the inner ratchetwheel, preventing it from slipping back after it has been moved by the action of the catch 8. 12 shows the small pawl attached to the outer edge of the arm A. E is an ordinary trough of water through which the band passes from one end to the other underneath a roller at each end to hold the band in place and dampen it, passing over the edge of strips of metal arranged in the bottom of the trough at right angles to the band to scrape and clean the band while passing through the trough,

In Fig. 4, 3 shows the block, which is locked in the frame, over which passes the band of cloth. 3 shows the grooves in the sides of the block, into which is slid a sheet of metal 3 of sufficient thickness to bring the block up type-high that is, fifteeu-sixteenths of an inch. A strip of damp cloth is clamped on the face of the metal and held by means of the clamps 3 at the sides of the sheet of metal to bring the block up to the height desired and to increase or decrease the dampness of the band passing over it. After the damp cloth is clamped to the face of the sheet of metal it is slid onto the face of the block and held firmly by means of the grooves 3.

The apparatus is operated by the catch which rotates the ink-plate and is attached in the following manner: The block is locked in the frame of the apparatus after the ink-plate and ink-rollers have been removed from the press. The arms are screwed to the frame containing the shaft, ratchet wheel, and sprocket-wheel. The frame is then looked in the bed of the press in a manner similar to a chase and the ratchet-wheel set down on the catch at the proper angle by means of the thumb-screws a a. The band is run across the block in a vertical line around roller 5, down through the water-receptacle and up under the bed of the press, and sewed together to form an endless band. It is operated as follows: The sheets are fed into the press the same as in the act of printing. After every impression of the press the catch 6 is moved in a downward and circular motion by means of the cam D, raising the outer end of the arm to which is attached the catch. The oscillatory motion of the catch produces an intermittent rotary motion of the ratchet-wheel 6.

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The ratchet-wheel, with the sprocket-Wheel attached, in turn moves the roller 5 in a rotary motion by means of the chain-beltconnecting roller 5 with the sprocket wheel. Roller 5 in turn moves the band in an upward direction across the cloth-covered block. The distance the band is to move across the block at every impression of the press is regulated by the sprocket-wheels 0 and 6 Thus when the chain 6 connects the large lower sprocket with the small upper one the band will travel its greatest distance with every motion of the catch 6 and is diminished as the chain is shifted to the larger sprocket on roller 5 and smaller ones on shaft 8. The width of the band 4 is sufficient to allow all the printed surface of the sheet to be imitation presseopied to come in contact with the surface of the cloth-covered block and band.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus to be attached to a printin g-press for the production of imitation-presscopied letters, the combination with the press, the bed and the block locked to the bed, of an endless band of cloth or other absorbent material, rollers to guide and rotate the band, a water-receptacle for cleansing and dampening the band and means for feeding the hand through the'press and through the water-receptacle substantially as set forth.

In an apparatus to be attached to a printing-press for theprod ucti on of imitation-presscopied letters, the combination with the press, the bed and'the block locked to the bed, of an endless band of cloth or other absorbent material, rollers to guide and rotate the band, a ratchet-wheel, sprocketwheel, shaft, chain belt and chain-pulley for rotating the rollers and band, means for attaching the ratchet and sprocket wheels to the press, and means for moistening andcle'ansing the band, substantially as set'forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres ence of two witnesses, this 29th day of May, A. D. 1900.

BERNARD SMITH OREAMER.

Witnesses:

FRANK CAHILL, OHAs. F. KENNEDY. 

